{"id":610317,"date":"2026-04-28T01:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T01:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/610317\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T01:15:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T01:15:26","slug":"liberty-mayor-calls-for-water-conservation-as-lake-drops-13-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/610317\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberty mayor calls for water conservation as lake drops 13 feet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LIBERTY, Ky. (WKYT) &#8211; The mayor of Liberty is calling on citizens to conserve water as the city\u2019s primary water source has dropped 13 feet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Liberty Lake, an 88-acre man-made body of water that serves as the water source for the city and Casey County, has receded significantly. Areas near a boat dock that would normally be underwater are now dirt and grass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWhere the brown is&#8230; is where the water should be. You can see the vegetation line along the edges of the bank where the water is normally this time of year but it is diminished,\u201d said John Sparr, who lives in Liberty.<\/p>\n<p>Conservation measures requested<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Dr. Sam Haddad, mayor of the city of about 2,000, is asking citizens to conserve water. That means no filling up swimming pools, holding off on watering plants, and placing laundry and dishes in machines only when fully loaded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe\u2019re hoping for rain hopefully soon. We are hoping for today, tomorrow, the next day, but we are still waiting and praying for that,\u201d Haddad said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Allen Sparr, 73, Liberty operations manager who has lived in the area most of his life, said the situation is severe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI\u2019ve never seen the river as low as it is in all my life, so we are in dire straits and we need people to conserve water,\u201d Allen Sparr said.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyt.com\/page\/wkyt-apps-for-ios-and-android-devices\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"WKYT Streaming Apps\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777338926_299_MEPHTWNVMREWLEQQWWFJM27ZMA.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>Long-term drought conditions<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">John Sparr said the area did not receive normal amounts of snow and rain from this past winter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThis didn\u2019t happen overnight. We didn\u2019t have any problem with the lake for quite some time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">City and county officials are working to build another body of water called Lake Garland, but that project will take about two years to complete. Officials have contacted the state for help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">They also have the ability to purchase water from surrounding counties to add to the water supply.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WKYT. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LIBERTY, Ky. 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